Cystic fibrosis can also have possible influence on Nancy as an adult. However the age of Nancy does show us that it is a very low risk of her having cystic fibrosis as she is living beyond the age of 38. 38 is the age predicted for most adults with cystic fibrosis to live. As she may be questioning whether or not she should have children or may not be with a certain person due to them also having the illness giving their child to have a higher risk of having cystic fibrosis.
Adults with cystic fibrosis often find it difficult to gain and maintain weight. In children with cystic fibrosis, this can result in delayed puberty if they are severely underweight. adults with cystic fibrosis are also likely to have brittle bones and also have problems in fertility as the women is most likely to have irregular period due to her being underweight. They may also have difficulties in developing in their emotional developments. As in adult hood the emotional development is mainly based around sexual intimacy. Due to their weak immune systems they are most likely to catch infectious diseases that may cause them to abstain from sexual intercourse completely.
Overall this genetic disorder can have some major influences on a child and adults development from physical to emotion. However with improvements in medication and other treatments there has been medication to support adults and children with this disorder. Nancy could have this illness however it is quite unlikely as she is living beyond 36 years and also she has also recently put on weight showing that she does not have problems in her intake of fat.
The next life factor that could have affected Nancy in her child hood and adult hood is the biological influences she may have encountered before her birth. According to official statistics 1 million babies are born with foetal alcohol syndrome. This is when there are negative influences on a child during their development within the uterus. This is due to mothers drinking large amounts of alcohol during their pregnancy. If Nancy’s mother consumed larger amounts of alcohol she is likely to be a lot smaller and there head is most noncable as it tends to be smallest then a normal head. If Nancy has been born with foetal alcohol shows that it is likely that Nancy also may have heart defect this is when the flow of blood to the heart is abnormal. She also has a chance of having learning difficulties.
The effects this biological factor will have on Nancy as a child is her emotional development may lack as she may not feel as self-worth due to having self-image issues because they look different. She may have difficulties in developing socially due to her being different at that age it is most likely that she is judged and treated differently by her peers. Her learning difficulties can also have influences on her intellectual development as her cognitive ability may be lower than the people of her age. She may take longer to learn certain things. This means she would need more help in school and also extra support in other cognitive abilities.
Around 70% of children with FAS have severe hyperactivity, frequently engaging in disturbing self-stimulating behaviours such as body rocking, head banging or head rolling. All children with FAS suffer from severe developmental disabilities that cause substantial problems when they start school. Intellectual and behavioural disorders cause considerable impediment to education. Childhood development Lack of comprehension, judgement and attention skills cause.
In Nancy’s adult stage she will also have potential effects that her intellectual development. Adults born with foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) experience major psychosocial and adjustment problems for the rest of their lives. Also they go through antisocial behaviour and inability to live independently is common. Adults with this syndrome are more likely to have problems of alcoholism or drug abuse or to have problems with the criminal justice system.
Environmental influences to Nancy’s child hood development would be her family. Nancy lived in the West Indies as a child. This was most likely with an extended family. This had a positive influence on Nancy’s emotional development as she had a lot of people around her to support and lover her. This also allowed her to become attached with her family and create a tight relationship with her family. The family also help to cover the humanistic approach as a famous psychologist created a pyramid showing how an individual grows. Nancy’s first stage was complete through having a supportive family. Also the rest of the stages where also complete. However as she left the West Indies to get married. The family became dysfunctional family. This is due to her leaving her home country and also leaving behind her family. This may create a lack of self-confidence due to her living somewhere new and also not having that family support she had when she was younger.
Overall as a child her developments where developed positively as she had a good influence around her. However as she grew older and reached her adult hood she lost her husband this would have left her in in a fall state of mind and this family influenced her emotional development as she has become more isolated and also depressive.
Socioeconomics or socio-economics or social economics is an umbrella term with different usages. 'Social economics' may refer broadly to the "use of economics in the study of society." More narrowly, contemporary practice considers behavioural interactions of individuals and groups through social capital and social "markets" (not excluding for example, sorting by marriage) and the formation of social norms. In the latter, it studies the relation of economics to social values.
The Socio-economic factors that can have influenced Nancy’s developments in her childhood can be due to low impact. Actual income can be viewed as having similar effects as labour market status in the sense that the poorest people (typically unemployed or doing non‐market work) might favour a more equitable distribution of income. A priori we might also expect that the very richest want to maintain their relative position, although Fielding (2000) finds the reverse to be true for voting for the Labour Party over the Conservatives. He surmises that rich voters do not believe that their income will be substantially affected even if a left wing party is elected with a re‐distributive agenda. If Nancy has lived in a low income home there is an issue of stress from the rest of the family members that can influence the child’s behaviour developments and lead them to becoming angry and frustrated due to the stress within the rest of the house.
This can also have cognitive development issues on the Nancy to as she is less likely to have trips and for example going to the history museum also she is less likely to have accesses to computers an books to help them 9n their education. There is also a risk of Nancy having physical difficulties as she is more likely to have illnesses due to the hygiene and overcrowding of the low economic areas. There is a lot of emotional development issues included as Nancy may have been left out and even abused due to stresses on her parents. The overcrowding could have also have an emotional impact on Nancy’s childhood as she may have felt that she has no privacy and this can lead her to becoming agitated and this is a cause of panic attacks.
Low income issues can also have potential effects on Nancy’s adult hood as she may be going through the same thing. Due to her parents having low income there is a lot of expectations of Nancy in the society as being unemployed. These negative attitudes towards her may affect her emotional development as she may feel depressed and isolated leaving her not feeling self-worth. This can also have an issue on her sexual life as she may begin to have self-image issue through being looked down upon.
Intellectually she is most likely not to develop as much as her peers due to her lack of education. This can have development issues on Nancy’s adult stages in her language. This is because she may have not interacted as much as she was a child that leads her to not having developed as much language skills that can have problems with her applying a job in the future. This will have severe issues on her on income.
This may have led Nancy as a child becoming less confident as there is not as much interaction due to being bullied at school. Due her low income there may be issues of buying clothes and having clean clothes as well. Polio is an illness that can effect Nancy’s physical development as she is most likely to have developed infectious disease such as polio or TB tuberculosis these illness can lead Nancy to dying at a younger age.
Lifestyle is the last factor that can have influences on Nancy’s lifestyle. Lifestyle factors describe the way people live their lives. These include behavioural and social issues e.g. smoking, food, nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, and alcohol and substance misuse. All these factors may contribute to the development of Coronary Heart Diseases and cancer deaths.
Nutrition and dietary choices
As Nancy was a child she may have chosen to have an unbalanced diet and choose to have fatting foods. This could be liked with her socio economic factors as her family may have been unable to provide her a healthy diet as fruit is more expensive than a chocolate bar. And instead fed her with the cheap foods that would include artificial colourings. Also she may have not been educated in how to have a balanced diet or how important it is as she was younger. Bad diets can have badly includes on a child’s development in all the different parts.
Physical developments include in Nancy’s life becoming obese and also having saver tooth decay. Eating an unhealthy diet can lead a person having issues in growth due to not in taking the right nutrients. Emotional developments can also be a development problem of Nancy as she may eat through depression. This can have huge psychological issues on Nancy in the future.
As an n adult the potential effects of Nancy’s lifestyle may be that she may get lots of illness that are related to being obese. For example coronary heart disease or diabetes type 1 or 2. As a dolt her social development may also lack as she may choose to stay in and eat rather than to go out and socialise. As once a person has created an emotional bond with food it is hard to overcome the bond and stop feeling as though food ids the persons best friend. This can have major social development issues as it can lead them to becoming obsessed with food and excessively eating can have bad effects on Nancy’s internal body if she is to have been eating in the same regular routine since she was a child.
Overall there are many potential influences on Nancy’s life developments within the stages of childhood and adulthood. These two stages within Nancy’s life are very significant and can be influenced very easily. Physical, intellectual, emotional and language developments are effected through the life factors and these can change a person’s life for the best or the worst.
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